Andrew McMillen is an Australian music journalist and national music writer for ''

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''.

Early life and education

McMillen grew up in the southern Queensland, Australia city of Bundaberg, the son of two teachers. He relocated to the state capital city,

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

, in 2006 to study for a communication studies degree at the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

Writing

McMillen's book ''Talking Smack: Honest Conversations About Drugs'' was published in 2014 by

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. David Messer of ''

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'' called the work "a brave and important book" and noted that McMillen was "careful to provide a balance of experiences, including

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non-drug takers." Toby Creswell of ''The Newton Review of Books'' wrote that the "real interest" in the book "is not so much the drug tales which...are fairly repetitive" but "the insights that McMillen gives into the creative processes of he interviewedartists".

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